...Omar is a bigot with a long history of making virulent antisemitic remarks. She has said that when she hears people call Israel a democracy “I almost chuckle,” [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/31/ilhan-omar-i-almost-chuckle-when-people-call-israe/] that “Israel has hypnotized the world” [https://www.timesofisrael.com/rep-ilhan-omar-defends-2012-tweet-accusing-israel-of-hypnotizing-the-world/] and that she prays that Allah will “awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.” She shared a cartoon [https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/ihan-omar-rashida-tlaib-share-holocaust-contest-prize-winner-cartoon-599006] on social media that was drawn by the second-place winner of Iran’s Holocaust denial cartoon contest. She supports the antisemitic BDS movement, [https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-07-17/ilhan-omar-seizes-spotlight-to-push-pro-bds-resolution] which seeks the economic destruction of Israel, and introduced a resolution [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-introduces-resolution-defending-boycotts-of-israel-likens-it-to-boycott-of-nazi-germany-soviet-union] in Congress comparing a boycott of Israel to boycotting Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. She said that U.S. support for Israel is “all about the Benjamins,” [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700901834/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism] insinuating that Jews buy American influence. And she has said that politicians who support Israel “push for allegiance to a foreign country” [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/700163118/democrats-planning-another-public-rebuke-of-rep-ilhan-omar] — accusing Israel supporters in Congress of dual loyalty, a classic antisemitic trope. | ...Omar is a bigot with a long history of making virulent antisemitic remarks. She has said that when she hears people call Israel a democracy “I almost chuckle,” [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/31/ilhan-omar-i-almost-chuckle-when-people-call-israe/] that “Israel has hypnotized the world” [https://www.timesofisrael.com/rep-ilhan-omar-defends-2012-tweet-accusing-israel-of-hypnotizing-the-world/] and that she prays that Allah will “awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.” She shared a cartoon [https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/ihan-omar-rashida-tlaib-share-holocaust-contest-prize-winner-cartoon-599006] on social media that was drawn by the second-place winner of Iran’s Holocaust denial cartoon contest. She supports the antisemitic BDS movement, [https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-07-17/ilhan-omar-seizes-spotlight-to-push-pro-bds-resolution] which seeks the economic destruction of Israel, and introduced a resolution [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-introduces-resolution-defending-boycotts-of-israel-likens-it-to-boycott-of-nazi-germany-soviet-union] in Congress comparing a boycott of Israel to boycotting Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. She said that U.S. support for Israel is “all about the Benjamins,” [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700901834/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism] insinuating that Jews buy American influence. And she has said that politicians who support Israel “push for allegiance to a foreign country” [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/700163118/democrats-planning-another-public-rebuke-of-rep-ilhan-omar] — accusing Israel supporters in Congress of dual loyalty, a classic antisemitic trope. |